<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>10</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimiza, M.,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drinia, H.,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antonarakou, A.,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsaparas, N.,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dermitzakis, M.D.,</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Application of paleoecological statistical methods based on benthic foraminifera for the determination of paleoenvironmental changes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6th Pan-Hellenic Geographical Conference of the Hellenic Geographical Society</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://users.uoa.gr/~mdimiza/pdf/proceedings%202.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54-61 (in Greek)</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Benthic foraminifera widespread occurrence, numerical abundance and high&amp;nbsp;fossilization potential rank them among the most powerful biological tools to&amp;nbsp;reconstruct paleoenvironments. Their diversity and composition by suborder&amp;nbsp;sometimes provide a general indication of the past environment, but the benthic&amp;nbsp;taxonomic composition and recognition of faunal assemblages allow more detailed&amp;nbsp;assessments of water depth, intertidal level, salinity, exposure to water&amp;nbsp;turbulence, bottom oxygen concentrations, water temperature and carbon flux.&amp;nbsp;The distribution of benthic foraminifera group is determined, and an&amp;nbsp;analysis of the data is made in an effort to isolate and identify &amp;nbsp;important relationships between the distribution of organisms studied and the parameters&amp;nbsp;of the physical environment.&amp;nbsp;Benthic Foraminifera of the Upper Pliocene Tsoutsouras section (southern&amp;nbsp;Crete) are analysed in order to investigate their relationship with paleodepth,&amp;nbsp;sediment grain size and climatic changes. This paper encompasses the first&amp;nbsp;detailed quantitative paleoenvironmental analysis based on benthic foraminifera&amp;nbsp;from this area.&amp;nbsp;Q-mode analysis revealed the existence of three associations. &lt;em&gt;A. beccarii-&lt;/em&gt;Miliolids association corresponds to a rather shallow marine environment with&amp;nbsp;vegetation in the neighbourhood. &lt;em&gt;A. planorbis&lt;/em&gt;-Agglutinants is characterized by a&amp;nbsp;decline in the salinity and the existence of moderate environmental stress which&amp;nbsp;is associated by oxygen depletion and increase of primary productivity. In the&amp;nbsp;upper part of the section &lt;em&gt;V.bradyana&lt;/em&gt; – &lt;em&gt;C. carinata&lt;/em&gt; association represents theestablishment of a restricted environment with abundant nutrient, where organic&amp;nbsp;matter accumulates and infaunal opportunistic species capable of surviving in&amp;nbsp;stressed conditions dominate.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>